The Decameron Volume I & II (1955, 2v.)

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The Decameron Volume I & II (1955, 2v.)
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The Decameron Volume I & II (1955, 2v.)

Giovanni Boccaccio
Edition year 1955
Binding Buckram
Translator Richard Aldington
Volumes 2
Weight 2 Kg
Pages Vol. 1: 396; Vol. 2: 324
Dimensions V1: 25.1 × 16.5 cm; V2: 25.1 × 16.2 cm

Edition details

The Decameron, Volume I (The First Five Days) and Volume II (The Last Five Days) by Giovanni Boccaccio. Translated by Richard Aldington. 10 pages of aquatints in each volume by John Buckland-Wright. Bound in brown buckram with a design in red and green. White dust-jackets printed in red and green. 25.1x16.5cm. 396pp., 25.1x16.2cm. 324pp.

About the book

Giovanni Boccaccio's The Decameron is a landmark of European literature, consisting of one hundred stories told by ten young Florentines who flee the city during the Black Death of 1348. Over ten days, the group tells stories of love, trickery, fortune, intelligence, religion, greed and human weakness. Comic, romantic, bawdy and sometimes tragic, the tales provide a remarkably broad portrait of medieval society and demonstrate Boccaccio's extraordinary understanding of human character. This collection contains the complete cycle of stories.

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